Feed-bag.



J. GAMBBRGZKY.

FEED BAG. APPLICATION 11.31) SEPT. 13, 1912.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

W? My JOHN GAMBERCZKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FEED-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 13, 1912.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913. Serial No. 720,184.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GAMBERGZKY, a subject of the Kingof Hungary,and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFeed-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to feedbags, and has for one of itsobjects to provide a device of this type which is adapted to be attachedto the head of a horse and provided with means for bringing the feedalways within the reach of the mouth of the horse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a feed-bag which can beused at the same time as a drinking vessel for animals.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and minor details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal centralsection taken through a feed-bag constructed in accordance with thepresent invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of a detailof construction.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates an open vessel, preferablycylindrical, made of a suitable rigid material. At the open top of thisvessel are formed eyes 11, 11, which are engaged by a strap 12, adaptedto pass over the horses head and thereby hold the said vessel in properposition thereon. In the vessel is slidably arranged a disk 13, alsomade of a suitable rigid material, preferably metal. The diameter ofthis disk corresponds substantially to the inner diameter of the vesselto prevent the feed, which is placed into the vessel on top of the disk13, from passing toward and to the bottom 14 of said vessel. A packingring 15 is attached to the upper face of the disk 13 at its peripheralportion, whereby the vessel 10 with its disk 13, which forms in fact afalse bottom, will be made water tight. A spring 16 rests upon thebottom 14 of the vessel and bears against the underface of the falsebottom 13, said spring tending to raise the false bottom for a purposewhich will be hereinafter described.

In order to hold the false bottom of the vessel in its lowermostposition against the action of the spring 16, a bellcrank lever 17 isfulcrumed at 18 to lugs 19, 19, which are formed upon the underface ofthe bottom 14. The substantially horizontal arm 20 of the bellcranklever 17 is arranged outside of the vessel, while its substantiallyvertical arm 21 extends through an opening 22 in the bottom 14 into thevessel. The arm 21 is provided with a hook-shaped nose 23, which isadapted to enter an eye 24, attached in any suitable manner to theunderface of the false bottom 13. 'A spring 25 bears against theunderface of the bottom 14 and against the arm 20 of the bellcranklever, tending to swing the hook-shaped nose 23 of the bellcrank leverout of engagement from the eye 24.

The operation of the feed-bag now described is as follows: When thefalse bottom is forced toward the bottom 14 of the vessel, and thelatter placed upon a support, the horizontal arm 20 of the bellcranklever 17 will be caused to move toward the bottom 14, whereby thehook-shaped nose 23 of said bellcrank lever will enter the eye 24 andthus hold the false bottom 13 in its lowermost position. The vessel isthen filled with grain or other feed, and the strap 12 drawn over thehorses head while the feed bag is still resting on its support. When thevessel is removed from its support, the spring 25 is left free to act,thereby disengaging the bell-crank lever from the eye 24.

As the feed in the vessel is eaten away, the spring 16 elevates thefalse bottom so as to bring the feed within the reach of the mouthof'the horse. The strap 12 is usually of such length that the head ofthe animal reaches into the vessel only so far as to leave its nostrilsfree, doing away thus with the necessity of air holes in the vessel 10.

It will be observed that, since the food is always brought within thereach of the mouth of the animal, the latter will not have to shake thefeed-bag, thereby preventing waste of the feed.

lhe feed-bag now described can obviously be used as a drinking vessel orpail, the packing ring 15 preventing the water from passing to theunderside of the false bottom.

\Vhat I claim is 1; In a feed-bag, the combination with a vessel, of afalse bottom slidably arranged therein, means in said vessel forelevating said false bottom as the feed is eaten away by the animal,coacting means upon the bottom of said receptacle and upon said falsebottom for holding the latter against the action of said first mentionedmeans in its lowermost position, and means for automatically disengagingsaid coacting means when the feedbag is lifted from its support.

2. In a feed-bag, the combination with a vessel, of a false bottomslidably arranged therein, a spring in said vessel for elevating saidfalse bottom as the feed is eaten away by the animal, coacting meansupon the bottom of said receptacle and upon said false bottom forholding the latter against the action of said spring in its lowermostposition, and means for automatically disengaging said coacting meanswhen the feed-bag is lifted from its support.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 7th day of September, A. D. 1912.

JOHN GAMBERCZKY.

Vitnesses SIGMUND Hnnzoe, S. BIRNBAUM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

